Undip team takes third place in Student Science Week

Undip team wins as a result of the students’ tireless work. (photo: Prive. Doc)

IO, Semarang – The team from Universitas Diponegoro (Undip) has succeeded in winning
third in the 2019 Student Science Week (Pimnas) competition in Denpasar, Bali,
on Friday, (30/8/2019). The 32nd Student Scientific Week was held in
Universitas Udayana (Unud) campus in Bukit Jimbaran and was participated in by
1,614 young scientists.

Participants came from 126 universities
across Indonesia under the guidance of the Ministry of Research, Technology and
Higher Education. Institutions consisted of 70 state universities and 56
private ones. The students presented 460 scientific papers, which were judged
by 71 jurors.

Undip was able to win two gold, one
silver, and one bronze medal, alongside the title for favorite in the
Scientific Paper Presentation category. Besides that, Undip won five gold and
two silver medals in the Poster category.

Undip Rector Prof. Yos Johan Utama stated
that the success of the Undip team generated much pride as the number of Undip
students who qualified for the Student Science Week added up to only the
seventh largest number. However, after the judging, Undip was able to place
third.

“This achievement is an early step to make
the Student Creativity Program (PKM) even more serious, and we will promptly
create a PKM Center so in future years we can do even better,” said Prof. Yos,
as quoted in a release, Sunday (1/9/2019).

Undip Deputy Rector I Budi Setiyono stated
that the success was the result of the hard work of tireless students. The victory
was a good beginning for students in the Undip environment looking for a career
in their respective fields.

“Hopefully, the participants can make use
of this struggle for their careers in the future. The university has prepared
follow-up programs to improve the Student Science Week results. We will guide
the students who make the Student Science Week results possible, so they can
enjoy the results from their innovations,” he said. (*/est)